All jazz bass articles
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Blogs
Monk, Bach and Beyond: The ETHEL Quartet with Ron Carter at Carnegie Hall
In advance of ETHEL Quartet’s Carnegie Hall debut, cellist Dorothy Lawson speaks with US correspondent Thomas May about their collaboration with the programme’s featured guest artist, legendary jazz bassist Ron Carter.
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Blogs
‘I dismantled it almost entirely’ - Writing improvisatory and jazz-infused Lutosławski arrangements
In conversation with The Strad, New York-based jazz bassist, improviser and composer Michael Bates outlines how he arranged seven Lutosławski works for jazz quintet and string quartet
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Feature
Masterclass: Bow techniques for jazz bass
By John Goldsby, bassist with the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany, and author of Jazz Bowing Techniques For The Improving Bassist and The Jazz Bass Book